The old Rllmuk Photography Thread

[scribble]

F4 I think. Can't remember.

I'd knock it down a lot. Something like f11.. maybe f16. Bracket your shots, use mirror lock up and self timer with a solid tripod. Should get a killer shot out of that.

edit- oh, and manually focus for infinity!

[thesnwmn]

Here's a few from my expedition to the London Wetland Centre on Tuesday with my new Canon 70-300mm. No processing and not perfect but pleased with the general quality.

[rev-happy performance]

The moon was wella bright tonight so I took a quick snap

Photo was taken at 1/640th yet still appears a little bright. I should've dropped it even lower

I'd knock it down a lot. Something like f11.. maybe f16. Bracket your shots, use mirror lock up and self timer with a solid tripod. Should get a killer shot out of that.

edit- oh, and manually focus for infinity!

Hmm, I dunno, the distance from the earth to the moon is (about) 401961000km and at f4, that would give a depth-of-field of from 526.3 meter till infinity @ 200mm.

I don't know what you've used for taking that shot, but maybe you've cropped it a lot?

The problem with the moon, imho (and I'm not an expert), is that there's a lot of black stuff around the moon and if you leave your camera on average metering it will take the whole scene in consideration for choosing an exposure. And since there's a lot of black stuff, it will have the overhand in choosing the exposure, making the moon overexposed.

Either use spot metering on the moon or use a high shutter-speed, remember that the moonlight is reflected sunlight, so it's very bright.

Btw, your moon-shot is not overexposed as it is, you can check it in photoshop by making a selection on the moon and checking the histogram. Maybe your monitor is not properly calibrated?

[scribble]

Focusing on infinity was out of focus? My bad, sorry. I thought the moon was so far away everything needed infinity! Everything else I posted should be right, though. Even with a tripod and remote, I'd still use mirror lock up.

[Nicky]

if rllmuk forum closes, we need to find or use something else for all our photo talking. maybe even use the rllmuk group on flickr properly or something? i dunno. it'd be a shame for all our efforts to not be shared from now on

[Yiggy]

Well I have been pretty absent for a hundred or so pages but I am trying to get back into the photo groove again.

Something that caught my eye during a family holiday earlier this year. I love the randomness of it...

[HaHaUK]

Some more of London:

[iwan_canobi]

So I went for the Nikon 50mm f/1.4.....wow, its awesome! Only had a quick play around the house and in Manchester where I got it, but I think I'm in love!

f/1.4:

Nothing great about the pictures, just really happy with the sharpness!

Also, really nice work there with the London stuff HaHa, nice angles and compositions!

[PopeSmokesDope]

Crap weather... but went out anyway... hopefully the weather will improve as it's the local show on here next week, which i'm looking forward to going to, as they've got a motorcycle display team and other sorts of guff there...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/keetyuk/sets/72157622255305238/

[Mallet]

A few from my Infra-Red filter for the G9, again no post processing all done from within the camera.

I love this picture, so eerie and desolate looking.

Stunning photos all through this thread.

[And]

I saw some logs.

[Christoph84]

Trax show at Silverstone

[Number 28]

[Number 28]

Also - i've been stalking Stephen Mulhern!

[Fletch]

Trax show at Silverstone.

Cool you may have seen me there I was the idiot on a moped trying to get round site without killing anyone

[choduk]

Definitely one for the "Things With Faces" thread.

[Liamness]

You're all great. I haven't posted here for ages, but I've been having a peek every now and then, very high level of quality for some 'post stuff' topic on a forum. Love Number 28's last post particularly. I want a telephoto lens, and a better photo editor, then I can envy some of you guys less.

Click for a bigger look. I went panorama crazy when I went to Sardinia, tried a few vertical ones too. Also tried some on a boat, which didn't turn out too well, mostly because it was moving.

[Number 28]

Cheers Liamness, but i'd love a telephoto lens too! Shamefully, they were all taken with the same lens. I was just lucky that a fox came to the back window, about 8ft away.

P.S. Great panoramas! No idea how you do them, short of turning it on a tripod, then stitching in photoshop?

[Christoph84]

Cool you may have seen me there I was the idiot on a moped trying to get round site without killing anyone

Hey there was far more than just ONE idiot on a scooter!

[jessr]

great stuff as always guys

loving the vertical panorama @ liamness

and the apple fly @ pope smokes dope, nice shot made me smile - even if thats odd.

nothing particularly exciting, just out for a wander..

[Liamness]

P.S. Great panoramas! No idea how you do them, short of turning it on a tripod, then stitching in photoshop?

I use an app called Calico which is basically Autostitch but for a mac. As long as you stay in vaguely the same place, it'll stitch just fine, takes a minute or so at the most. It's very hands off and automated, it either works brilliantly or (very occasionally) not at all. There's also Hugin which is free, and more flexible, but quite frankly not worth the effort most of the time. I use it when Calico doesn't work.

[Agent L]

Better bigger and there's a link on the photos page for that.

[larrydavidsanger]

Some photos from my recent trip to Portugal

[Agent L]

Ferragudo? I think I recognize Portimáo in the background.

[larrydavidsanger]

Indeed. Awesome shot there L.

[Lovelyman]

Lovely shots Larry!

Skull one and the fisherman one are awesome.

[Loik V credern]

Love that one.

Got a digital camera for my birthday yesterday, don't really know all the settings. Have wanted to take pictures of my dogs for ages though because they're getting old now.

[Alexlotl]

Dogs can look up!

[furq]

[larrydavidsanger]

Really like that first shot, BK